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Examine the connotative language Fitzgerald uses to contrast West Egg and East Egg.  \n2. Look at the paragraph about Tom Buchanan beginning with,“He had changed since  ” Find and list ten words that contribute to the impact of the last sentence. What is the effect of the last sentence?  \n3. What is the first thing Daisy says in the novel? In what different ways could you interpret her comment?  \n4. Explain the context and the meaning of Nick’s comment about Tom Buchanan: “Something was making him nibble atthe edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.”  \n5. Why is the darkness “unquiet”? (last sentence in chapter 1)  \nChapter 2  \n6. Draw a sketch of the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg looking over the valley of ashes. Literally, what is this a picture of?  \n7. List the three most effective images with which Wilson’s character is established. With which character is he in direct contrast?  \n8. Why does Fitzgerald add the detail about the dog-biscuit to the description of the party at Myrtle’s apartment?  \n9. How does Nick’s following comment give the reader insight into Fitzgerald’s handling of point of view in the novel?“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”  \nChapter 3  \n10. Look at the first paragraph in chapter three. Explain the following:  \n􀁸 its contrast with the previous scene (look especially at irony)  \n􀁸 the sentence which creates a magical tone--How?  \n􀁸 the overall effect of Fitzgerald’s choice of verbs  \n11. What is the reason for and the effect of the shift in verb tense which occurs in the fourth paragraph in chapter three?  \n12. Explain the meaning and purpose of this sentence: “It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.”  \n13. Explain the point of Owl-Eyes’s admiration for Gatsby’s library.  \nChapter 4  \n14. Analyze the effect of language in the first sentence and first short paragraph (ending with “crystal glass”) . Look carefully.  \n15. Explain how this comment characterizes Mr. Wolfsheim: “I understand you’re looking for a business gonnegtion.”  \n16. Explain the significance of Wolfsheim’s cuff buttons.  \n17. Explain the significance of Jordan’s comment that “the pearls were around her neck.”  \n18. Considering chapter four, what is meant by this comment Nick makes: “Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor.”?  \nChapter 5  \n20. What atmosphere/feeling is created by the passage beginning “with enchanting murmurs ” ending with “flight of stairs.” Cite some examples of language connected to this atmosphere.  \n21. What do you think of the shirt scene? How does it affect your reaction to Gatsby and Daisy?  \n22. Explain why “the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever” and why Gatsby’s “count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.”  \n23. Explain Nick’s comment about Gatsby’s dream, in the paragraph beginning with  \n“As I went to say goodbye  ” and ending with “No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.” Connect to Nick’s comments in chapter one: “Only Gatsby,--the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction.”  \nChapter 6  \n24. Read this quote: “The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty.”(Look up any unfamiliar words. ) Explain the following:  \n􀁸 the Platonic conception  \n􀁸 the effect of the Biblical allusion  \n􀁸 the point about the nature of service  \n25. Analyze th","cbCaibCp9wGI8bke","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibCp9wGI8bke","pdf",219622,"English","# Chapter 1\n## Rhetorical and contextual questions\n# Chapter 2\n## Images and point of view\n# Chapter 3\n## Tone, verbs, and admiration\n# Chapter 4\n## Characterization and significance\n# Chapter 5\n## Atmosphere, shirt scene, and dream\n# Chapter 6\n## Allusions and dreamlike language\n# Chapter 7\n## Daisy voice, circumstances, and tragedy\n# Chapter 8\n## Grail allusion, similes, and sadness","[{\"question\":\"What kinds of rhetorical skills do these questions require for The Great Gatsby?\",\"answer\":\"They require close reading of connotative language, imagery, tone, verb tense shifts, and sentence-level effects to explain how Fitzgerald shapes meaning and characterization.\"},{\"question\":\"How should students approach the point-of-view prompts in chapters 1–2?\",\"answer\":\"They should analyze Nick’s comments and quotations, then explain how those statements guide reader insight into Fitzgerald’s handling of perspective and narration.\"},{\"question\":\"Which themes are emphasized through the dream-related questions about Gatsby and Daisy?\",\"answer\":\"The questions highlight Gatsby’s idealism versus corruption, the significance of allusions, and how later chapter events and narrative language continue the dream theme.\"}]","Great Gatsby Rhetorical Analysis - Chapter Questions - 1-8 | PDF"]